EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies are headed back to the Class 5A Sweet 16. Tuesday at the Don Haskins Center, the Huskies defeated the Parkland Matadors by a final score of 56-53. It was the third straight championship in the regional quarterfinals for Chapin, and it will be their third straight trip to
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DALLAS, Texas – Niesha Burgher was named the 2023 Conference USA Female Indoor Track Performer of the Meet on Tuesday after her successful run in the championships. Burgher capped her first indoor season with the Miners by taking home three medals, and tying for second with 20 points on the women’s side at the 2023
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today the signing of Luis Moreno for the 2023 season, pending league and federation approval. “We are happy to bring a player of Moreno’s ability and potential to El Paso,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said. “It is evident that he is a
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EL PASO, Texas – The area round of the boys high school basketball playoffs tipped off Friday with three El Paso teams punching their ticket to the regional quarterfinals. Chapin, Parkland and Riverside are all moving on to the regional quarters. Chapin and Parkland will square off in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals with the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball wraps up the regular season portion of the home slate with a Saturday matinee against Florida Atlantic at 1 p.m. in the Don Haskins Center. Seniors Avery Crouse, Erin Wilson, Sabine Lipe and Mahri Petree will all be honored prior to the game. In addition, the game will
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MIAMI, Florida – Shamar Givance posted a double-double (22 points, career-best tying 10 assists), Ze’Rik Onyema poured in a career-high 19 points and UTEP shot a sizzling 58.7 percent from the floor on the way to securing a wire-to-wire 87-82 victory at FIU Thursday. Otis Frazier III (15 points) and Calvin Solomon (13 points) also
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (12-15, 5-11 C-USA) will hit the road for the final time of the 2022-23 regular season when it opens a two-game swing through the “Sunshine State” at FIU (13-14, 7-9 C-USA) at 5 p.m. MT/7 p.m. ET Thursday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday. Several El Paso teams punched their ticket to the area round. The scores below are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa Permian 66 Franklin 48 San Angelo Central 46 Eastwood 48 Coronado 53 Odessa 86 Americas 46 Frenship 71
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP senior Shamar Givance has been named to the 2022-23 College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District men’s basketball team, it was announced by the organization Tuesday. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve with at least a 3.50 GPA. Givance’s honor made UTEP one of four schools on
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DALLAS, Texas – Adhel Tac, Avery Crouse and Sabine Lipe of UTEP women’s basketball were all named to the Academic All-District Team presented by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve with at least a 3.50 GPA. The three Miners comprise 20 percent of the
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EL PASO, Texas – The boys high school basketball playoffs began Monday night with four El Paso teams punching their ticket to the next round. All four games that were played locally on Monday were in Class 5A. Chapin, Canutillo, Andress and Parkland all won bi-district titles, while in Class 3A the playoff run came
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball guard Soleil Montrose was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week presented by Blenders Eyewear on Monday by the league office. This is the second time that Montrose has earned the recognition this season. As the lone first-year collegiate player on the roster for the Miners, Montrose picked
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EL PASO, Texas – The area round of the girls high school basketball playoffs continued on Friday. The Riverside Rangers won an area championship defeating Pampa. They’ll now advance to the regional quarterfinals. Unfortunately the season came to an end for Franklin, Pebble Hills, Chapin and Burges. The final scores from Friday are below: CLASS
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EL PASO, Texas – Since 1993, Shelley Prather has led the Hanks Knights to victory, a lot of victories. Tuesday, Prather celebrated her 500th win as head coach of the Hanks High School softball game. Prather has led the Knights to numerous district championships, and several playoff appearances. For her accomplishment, Prather is this week’s
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – UTEP led from start to finish to roll to an 88-61 win at UAB on Friday afternoon in Bartow Arena. The game – originally slated for Thursday night – was moved to Friday due to the potential for severe weather in the area. There was never much doubt when the two sides
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EL PASO, Texas – Ze’Rik Onyema poured in a career-high 16 points and UTEP forced 21 turnovers but visiting UAB did enough to knock off the Miners, 79-66, in the Don Haskins Center Thursday evening. The Miners (12-14, 5-10 C-USA held a 34-14 advantage in points off turnovers, piled up 42 points in the paint
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Following the postponement of the UTEP women’s basketball game at UAB on Thursday, the Miners have announced two schedule changes. UTEP will now play UAB at 11 a.m. MT/noon CT on Friday, Feb. 17 in Bartow Arena. To accommodate the date and time changes for the game against the Blazers, the originally scheduled contest at
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Daniela Chipchase was named the Conference USA Women’s Golfer of the Week presented by Blenders Eyewear on Wednesday by the league office. Participating in the 10th tournament of her collegiate career at the Tulane Classic presented by Chad Brownstein, Chipchase earned her first top-10 finish, tying for 10th in a field
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the girls high school basketball playoffs continued on Tuesday. Several Borderland teams are moving on the area round. The scores below are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Midland Legacy 20 Eastwood 31 CLASS 5A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Andress 39 Hanks 34 CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Clint 55
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the girls high school basketball playoffs began on Monday. A few El Paso teams punched their ticket to the area round. The scores from Monday are below: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa 44 Franklin 89 San Angelo Central 52 Pebble Hills 53 El Dorado 39 Frenship 64
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Beach Volleyball Head Coach Ben Wallis has announced the Miners’ tournament schedule for the upcoming inaugural season, featuring 21 road matches set to begin at the end of February. “I’m fired up to get rolling in a few weeks with our inaugural Beach season” Wallis said. “Our beach only players have been really
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El PASO, Texas – Following a cross-country trek to Charlotte earlier in the week, UTEP women’s basketball returns home to welcome in UTSA on Saturday at 1 p.m. MT. The Miners (15-7, 8-5 C-USA) upended Charlotte 70-64 on Wednesday after a round trip expedition that spanned over 3,200 miles. On the other side of the
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EL PASO, Texas – Calvin Solomon (game-high 16 points) and Tae Hardy (12 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP piled up 36 points in the paint, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a barrage of 3-pointers from visiting Charlotte in a 62-53 setback at the Don Haskins Center Thursday. It was a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Beach Volleyball Head Coach Ben Wallis has announced the Miners’ tournament schedule for the upcoming inaugural season, featuring 21 road matches set to begin at the end of February. “I’m fired up to get rolling in a few weeks with our inaugural beach season,” Wallis said. “Our beach only players have been really working and learning since
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (11-11, 4-7 C-USA) will vie to wrap up a three-game roadswing on a high note when it plays at WKU (12-11, 4-8 C-USA) at 2 p.m. MT/3 p.m. CT Saturday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. This is the first of two
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EL PASO, Texas – For the first time since 1998, UTEP women’s basketball upended a nationally-ranked opponent on Thursday night, knocking off No. 21 Middle Tennessee 65-62 on a Jazion Jackson game-winning triple with less than a second remaining. Inbounding the basketball from in front of their own bench with 4.8 seconds left in a tie game, the
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – Tae Hardy poured in a game-high 21 points while Calvin Solomon added 13 points and UTEP shot 47.4 percent from the floor, but it couldn’t generate enough stops in an 84-72 setback at Middle Tennessee Thursday evening. The Miners (11-11, 4-7 C-USA) whittled an 11-point deficit (70-59, 6:21) down to just two (74-72,
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Marathon is just around the corner, and runners are getting ready for the big day. ABC-7 sports director, Adrian Ochoa caught up with a couple of runners bright and early as they train for the upcoming marathon. The El Paso Marathon is Saturday, February 12. The starting line
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EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday was National Signing Day, and several Borderland athletes put pen to paper as they begin their college journey. Canutillo High School star running back LJ Martin signed with Brigham Young University. Martin had originally committed to Stanford, but due to coaching changes at Stanford, Martin reopened his recruitment and chose
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced 13 student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday and will don the Orange and Blue of the Miners. Coming to the 915 and joining the early signees (Dec. 21) are nine freshmen, two junior college transfers, and a pair of transfer portal players.
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